Tomsula Names Gabbert Starting 49ers QB Vs. Seahawks
As expected, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Tomsula is sticking with Blaine Gabbert as the starting quarterback after the bye week.
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As expected, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Tomsula is sticking with Blaine Gabbert as the starting quarterback after the bye week.
The benching of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick this week has only heightened the frayed relationship between him and the upper management of the team and created a climate in which it is virtually certain he is not back in San Francisco in 2016, according to team and league sources.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Friday offered his first remarks to reporters following his benching to a backup role and seemed to dispute comments about his performance and state of mind offered by coaches.
The San Francisco 49ers officially have benched quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and they have traded away former Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis.
The San Francisco 49ers have officially made the change at quarterback from Colin Kaepernick to Blaine Gabbert.
The 49ers sold the script so well at the beginning of the season. But after a successful sneak preview against Minnesota, the stage lights went dark.
Colin Kaepernick will be benched Sunday in favor of backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert, multiple sources are reporting Monday night.
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Tomsula has always said that Colin Kaepernick is his quarterback. Not on Monday.
The San Francisco 49ers have the worst offense in the NFL, and it's probably time to bench quarterback Colin Kaepernick. After all, the team couldn't be much worse with a different QB, could it?
Not that the San Francisco 49ers need any more distractions, but there are several important players who couldn't practice fully on Thursday due to injury as the team heads into its Week 8 road game against the St. Louis Rams. Already 2-5 this season, the 49ers are looking at their first losing season since 2010.
49ers tight end Vernon Davis isn't concerned about his team's locker room despite a 2-5 start to the season that included a team-wide meeting following an Oct. 4 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Even as quarterback Colin Kaepernick was leading the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl in the 2012 postseason, there were obvious problems with handing over the steering wheel to the offense.
When it comes to any outside chatter questioning Colin Kaepernick's support system in his own locker room, coach Jim Tomsula hardly expects that would have been generated within team headquarters from management or players.
So much for momentum: The San Francisco 49ers lost on Thursday Night Football at Levi's Stadium, dropping to 2-5 on the season with the 20-3 loss against the hated Seattle Seahawks.
Russell Wilson threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Lockett late in the first half, Marshawn Lynch jumped the pile for a 1-yard score, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-3 on Thursday for their fourth straight win in this rivalry.
No need to remind Colin Kaepernick of the numbers. He knows how bad he has been more often than not against the archrival Seahawks
Strange favors the NFL schedule makers gave the San Francisco 49ers this year: In order, the 49ers faced games against the last three teams to eliminate them from the playoffs.
The Seattle Seahawks entered the 2015 NFL season with high expectations while the San Francisco 49ers entered the season with more questions than answers.
With rival Seattle coming to town in a matter of days, and both teams sitting at 2-4, there is a chance for the Niners to change their fortunes in the division if they can get on a little roll.
The San Francisco 49ers are clearly a much better team at home on the Levi's Stadium turf, and now they have a second victory in 2015 there.
The San Francisco 49ers are only 1-4 this season, and they've lost four straight games. However, after back-to-back blowout losses in Weeks 2 and 3, the 49ers have lost the last two games by closer margins.
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick found a groove in the second half and succeeded several times throwing into traffic to go without an interception, while Anquan Boldin went over 100 yards receiving and Carlos Hyde nearly ran for 100 in a balanced offensive attack.
The San Francisco 49ers did not get blown out in New York by the Giants on Sunday Night Football in Week 5. In fact, the 49ers played so well, they had the lead very late in the 4th quarter. However, a two-time Super Bowl champion QB delivered in the clutch for the Giants, throwing the winning touchdown pass with just 21 seconds left. Overall, though, this was a moral victory for the 49ers even as they dropped to 1-4 on the season.
Larry Donnell's spectacular catch over two 49ers with 21 seconds remaining lifted the New York Giants past San Francisco 30-27 on Sunday night, capping Eli Manning's sensational clutch performance.
There were some dark years for the San Francisco 49ers before Jim Harbaugh showed up in 2011 and turned things around.
